Orji, a 2014 graduate of Mount Olive High School, won the women's triple jump and heads to the Olympics with a great chance to the medal. She is joined on the team by Biles, reigning Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian .

The Bills released a statement on the passing of Buddy Ryan early Tuesday morning. Still, the Tillman County seat in southwestern Oklahoma wasn't a bad place to grow up. That Bears defense is widely considered to be the greatest in National Football League history. A year later, he was hired as the Arizona Cardinals' head coach, spending two ye...

Two members of the 2012 gold medal team, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony, lead the team. The U.S. men's basketball team has collected 14 Olympic gold, one silver, and two bronze medals so far. Still, team United States of America appear to be in great shape with a balanced and experience roster full of talent, as he team looks for its 15th olymp...

Ronaldo now has three goals to his name in France, with his latest effort in the semi-final - a leaping header to nod the ball past Wayne Hennessey - taking him level with Michel Platini as the competition's all-time top scorer. French police and troops are gearing up for their biggest security challenge since the deadly November 13 attacks across...

The award was established in 1986 and is named after history's greatest all-around athlete, Jim Thorpe . The heralded special teams standout also had two blocked shots which ranked seventh nationally. Air Force safety Weston Steelhammer also makes his second straight Thorpe list after leading one of the conference's most active defenses to the M...

Beating Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, she had previously fallen to Kerber at the Australian Open and Garbine Muguruza at the French Open. "I love gold. But I just had a very clear feeling it was going to be a rough tournament for me after winning a Grand Slam and coming here. And then I started playing a little better! Williams actually took h...

MURRAY" on the side. Crowd favorite Andy Murray , playing in his 11th Grand Slam final, beat first-timer Milos Raonic on Sunday to claim his second Wimbledon singles title in four years. Three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe was working with Raonic as a grass-court consultant, along with full-time coach Carlos Moya, and the Canadian sai...

Returning to England? Real Madrid out of race to sign Paul Pogba . The midfielder's potential transfer from the Serie A champions could now proceed after France's exit from Euro 2016, where he played in the final defeat to Portugal in extra time.

Him and Ronaldo have already faced off in one final this summer - the Champions League showpiece between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. But Joao Mario, who would not be drawn on speculation he is close to signing for Inter Milan, has always believed Portugal have had what it takes to win their first-ever major trophy.

The 23-year-old Wales global will take the vacant number one shirt at the club and will join up with the Town squad ahead of the pre-season camp in Austria on July 23. "That is why there was such strong competition to take Danny". "He is a goalkeeper that Liverpool rate very highly, which is why he has signed a new long-term contract".

The Spanish court handed the same sentence to the Argentine player's father, Jorge Horacio, with a 1.5 million euro fine. Forbes reports that Messi and his father have announced their intent to appeal the conviction and sentences because they believe that the judgment is "incorrect".

Toronto Blue Jays hitters couldn't have asked for a better matchup when they stepped into the batter's box against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. "One thing Josh does, he's got a plan when he goes to the plate", Jays manager John Gibbons said. "I feel really honoured and happy to make it again", Encarnacion said following the announcem...

Noren sealed the deal on the back nine with 7 pars and birdies at 12 and 15. Local favourite Russell Knox, who was born in Inverness, and American Ryder Cup star Patrick Reed had finished on nine under after matching rounds of 67, with Reed confirming afterwards he would take up his place in the Olympics after Dustin Johnson's withdrawal on Satur...

Williams wasn't done yet on Centre Court. "Definitely so excited to win Wimbledon , that's always a great feeling". "I had just enough time to change and get my ankles re-taped", Serena said about going from one match to the other. If I can just play my game, I know I have a really good chance at winning this match.' Her humilty, her fight for...

Thierry Henry lauded Antoine Griezmann and said the France star deserved comparisons to Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini. Emre Can made his major tournament debut yesterday starting in Germany's 2-0 defeat against France in the Euro 2016 semi-final in Marseille .

The Portuguese head into the final with the hope of securing their first European title which was snatched away from them in 2004 when as the host nation, they lost it to Greece by a lone goal. "So France will know that it is not just in a Real Madrid or Manchester United shirt that he is capable of great things, especially because it was his momen...

And Eder - who came on in the 79th minute having only played 13 minutes in the tournament beforehand - revealed Ronaldo's words urged him on. "I had bad luck because I had a small injury in the beginning of the game, but my colleagues did their part - they run, they fight", said Ronaldo , a three-time world player of the year.

Number two seed Murray defeated Kyrgios 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 in a match where the Australian played well initially, but was not the same player for the remaining two sets, where he did not seem as committed to the match as it went on. "I'm happy with how I played today, the level was very high". The relentless Scot has dropped just 25 games in nine se...

Mr Smith tweeted: "On July 27 I asked [Jeremy Corbyn] 3 times if he was prepared to see our party split & worse, wanted it to". Mr. Corbyn won the leadership with a huge mandate from party members just ten months ago. Any Labour MP wanting to challenge Corbyn will require the support of at least 20% of their parliamentary colleagues in Westmi...

Instead, they are the female equivalent of Mike and Dave . Believe it or not, the third Zac Efron gross-out buddy comedy of 2016 is based on a true story . And after all that, why do they quickly and cavalierly confess their lies halfway through the movie, fizzling out all the tension? (The Cheech and Chong reference is intentional, consideri...